THE DESIGN OF POLITICS

The Politics of Participatory Design is the name of a symposium held in the Jewish Museum, Berlin between February 19 and 21, 2015, that, in workshops and discussions between German and Israeli designers, addressed design topics and the processes that shape public opinion and politics. Frank Paul (COC) took part in the discussions as a member of the German Society for Design Theory and Research and discovered how similar and yet diverse strategies and viewpoints in Participatory Design can be. Community Now is possible – but discussions are likely to continue for a long time to come …